Corsair XMS vs. OCZ Platinium?

[Tomash]

I'm talking a comparison between two 1GB sticks of each, DDR500.
On a DFI LanParty NF4 Ultra-D, with an X2 3800+ in the socket.
I intend to overclock the processor as far as stability allows, so which RAM would be better?
If the $60 increase in price of the OCZ sticks worth it?

 

[buzzsaw13]

If you're looking for nice overclocking ram, go for the OCZ VX 4000's

 

[Ricemarine]

Originally posted by: buzzsaw13
If you're looking for nice overclocking ram, go for the OCZ VX 4000's

He's talking 2X1 GB Check on DFI-Street and see if they're the same chips, if they are, it wouldn't really matter (unless a manufacturer had the right combination somehow). More than likely they're all UCCC's.

 

[Tomash]

Originally posted by: Ricemarine

Originally posted by: buzzsaw13
If you're looking for nice overclocking ram, go for the OCZ VX 4000's

He's talking 2X1 GB Check on DFI-Street and see if they're the same chips, if they are, it wouldn't really matter (unless a manufacturer had the right combination somehow). More than likely they're all UCCC's.

UCCC?

 

[Tweakin]

I have the cheaper OCz PC4000 Gold sticks as in my sig and I have taken them all the way up to 265 playing around at 3-4-3-8...I'm not sure the VX chips are worth the extra money.

 

[imhungry]

It's a type of chip on ram modules.

Those little black things on the actual stick have text on them and tell what type of chip they are.

You can probably google it for more info.

 

[buzzsaw13]

Originally posted by: Ricemarine

Originally posted by: buzzsaw13
If you're looking for nice overclocking ram, go for the OCZ VX 4000's

He's talking 2X1 GB Check on DFI-Street and see if they're the same chips, if they are, it wouldn't really matter (unless a manufacturer had the right combination somehow). More than likely they're all UCCC's.

Didn't realize that

I say keep the Corsair XMS and put up dividers if necessary

 

[Tomash]

Originally posted by: buzzsaw13

Originally posted by: Ricemarine

Originally posted by: buzzsaw13
If you're looking for nice overclocking ram, go for the OCZ VX 4000's

He's talking 2X1 GB Check on DFI-Street and see if they're the same chips, if they are, it wouldn't really matter (unless a manufacturer had the right combination somehow). More than likely they're all UCCC's.

Didn't realize that

I say keep the Corsair XMS and put up dividers if necessary

Dividers?

 

[openwheelformula1]

oh boy....Ram?

 

[Tomash]

What?

 

[TrevorRC]

Originally posted by: Tomash
I'm talking a comparison between two 1GB sticks of each, DDR500.
On a DFI LanParty NF4 Ultra-D, with an X2 3800+ in the socket.
I intend to overclock the processor as far as stability allows, so which RAM would be better?
If the $60 increase in price of the OCZ sticks worth it?

G.SKill HZs (Black) or their cheaper ones (Aquaish).... they also have some nice looking red ones.

Take your pick.
The HZs run @ DDR500; ~200 shipped on the egg.

 

[buzzsaw13]

Originally posted by: TrevorRC

Originally posted by: Tomash
I'm talking a comparison between two 1GB sticks of each, DDR500.
On a DFI LanParty NF4 Ultra-D, with an X2 3800+ in the socket.
I intend to overclock the processor as far as stability allows, so which RAM would be better?
If the $60 increase in price of the OCZ sticks worth it?

G.SKill HZs (Black) or their cheaper ones (Aquaish).... they also have some nice looking red ones.

Take your pick.
The HZs run @ DDR500; ~200 shipped on the egg.

He's already got 2gbs of XMS rated at DDR500, it would be a waste of money to spend that much on HZ's

Most likely his XMS will be able to handle 260fsb if he loosens the timings. Even if the ram can't he can always put up a divider and take a small hit in bandwith.

 

[Tomash]

Originally posted by: buzzsaw13

Originally posted by: TrevorRC

Originally posted by: Tomash
I'm talking a comparison between two 1GB sticks of each, DDR500.
On a DFI LanParty NF4 Ultra-D, with an X2 3800+ in the socket.
I intend to overclock the processor as far as stability allows, so which RAM would be better?
If the $60 increase in price of the OCZ sticks worth it?

G.SKill HZs (Black) or their cheaper ones (Aquaish).... they also have some nice looking red ones.

Take your pick.
The HZs run @ DDR500; ~200 shipped on the egg.

He's already got 2gbs of XMS rated at DDR500, it would be a waste of money to spend that much on HZ's

Most likely his XMS will be able to handle 260fsb if he loosens the timings. Even if the ram can't he can always put up a divider and take a small hit in bandwith.

What's all this divider talk/ I've been out of the loop for like 2 years, so I'm not up to date on the jargon.

 

[atybimf]

Mushkin XP4000 baby! The Redline version is DDR500 with 3-3-2 timings :Q!

 

[buzzsaw13]

Originally posted by: Tomash

Originally posted by: buzzsaw13

Originally posted by: TrevorRC

Originally posted by: Tomash
I'm talking a comparison between two 1GB sticks of each, DDR500.
On a DFI LanParty NF4 Ultra-D, with an X2 3800+ in the socket.
I intend to overclock the processor as far as stability allows, so which RAM would be better?
If the $60 increase in price of the OCZ sticks worth it?

G.SKill HZs (Black) or their cheaper ones (Aquaish).... they also have some nice looking red ones.

Take your pick.
The HZs run @ DDR500; ~200 shipped on the egg.

He's already got 2gbs of XMS rated at DDR500, it would be a waste of money to spend that much on HZ's

Most likely his XMS will be able to handle 260fsb if he loosens the timings. Even if the ram can't he can always put up a divider and take a small hit in bandwith.

What's all this divider talk/ I've been out of the loop for like 2 years, so I'm not up to date on the jargon.

A divider runs the ram at a ratio of the FSB, so you can have high FSB and run your ram.

If you look in your memory timing settings, there should be an option that lists a couple speeds, 400mhz 333mhz 266mhz and 200mhz (some mobos it might be 200, 166, 133, 100) DFI boards have more options, but typically most mobos are going to have those. If you're trying to run 280x9 on your CPU but your ram can't handle 280FSB, you put up a divider to run your ram slower. For example if you run the 333mhz or 166 divider, to calculate your ram speed, its 333/400 multiplied by your FSB giving you 232mhz for your ram speed. For the 266 divider it would be 266/400 multiplied by your FSB giving you 186mhz for your ram speed.

If you have valueram, you almost always have to run a divider since valueram can't hit high speeds.

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: buzzsaw13

Originally posted by: TrevorRC

Originally posted by: Tomash
I'm talking a comparison between two 1GB sticks of each, DDR500.
On a DFI LanParty NF4 Ultra-D, with an X2 3800+ in the socket.
I intend to overclock the processor as far as stability allows, so which RAM would be better?
If the $60 increase in price of the OCZ sticks worth it?

G.SKill HZs (Black) or their cheaper ones (Aquaish).... they also have some nice looking red ones.

Take your pick.
The HZs run @ DDR500; ~200 shipped on the egg.

He's already got 2gbs of XMS rated at DDR500, it would be a waste of money to spend that much on HZ's

Most likely his XMS will be able to handle 260fsb if he loosens the timings. Even if the ram can't he can always put up a divider and take a small hit in bandwith.

definitely lowering the divider would be a much better option. And a divider is something u can change in bios. your probably at 1:1 ratio right now, u can always downstep to 5:6 or even 1:2 if ur gonna have a realy high fsb.

 

[Tomash]

Thanks.

 

[Tomash]

So... Is the OCZ RAM better than Corsair?

 

[Shenkoa]

I think the apple missed the boat. Just get whichever is cheaper, honestly is does not matter that much. Overclocking RAM is just a waist of money any way imo.